Locally Owned and Operated Contractors

Does Buying Local Matter?

 Local contractors are typically not as large volume wise and do not have the resources to adequately market their services to the same degree as multi city contractors.  However, they bring other benefits to the table.

a. Utilizing local employees

b. Utilizing local vendors

c. Utilizing local trucking

d. Spending revenues locally like taxes, home ownership, schools, clothing, food, etc. by not only the business but all the employees of above mentioned businesses.  

e. Designing systems that can easily and inexpensively be added on to. This makes for very happy customers at a later date.  Especially when they decide to purchase an electric vehicle and want a plug and go option on their existing solar system.  

f. Ability to service customers same or next day.

g. Easier to manage and control quality.

h. Local sales people that can help you before, during, and after the sale.

  

Keeping business local benefits your community, not the community hours away from home.

A few out of town contractors that have been a household name in Fresno in years past are:

Akeena,       Vivint,       Verango,       Solar City,       Rec,    Unlimited,    Solar Universe,       GCI,       Enver,       Sungevity,       Sun Edison 

just to mention a few. 

In 2019, all these contractors have  left the area or are  no longer in business!

Typically, no office is more profitable than the one where the owner(s) are located at.

Lack of profitability is the driving force of an out of town contractor leaving your area, even though they may not go out of business at their home location.

Owning multiple solar operations looks good on paper, but the reality is it is sometimes hard to absorb losses from multiple locations when the economy retracts.  And it always does.

Nova West Solar's only office in Fresno, but we are celebrating our 15 Yr Anniversary and will be hosting an open house at our new facility in the coming months.

Keep in mind there is No Place to go home to for the local contractor. This is home.